1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut explained

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Election Name:1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Country:Connecticut
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1920 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Previous Year:1920
Next Election:1928 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Next Year:1928
Election Date:November 4, 1924
Image1:Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg
Nominee1:Calvin Coolidge
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Massachusetts
Running Mate1:Charles G. Dawes
Electoral Vote1:7
Popular Vote1:246,322
Percentage1:61.54%
Nominee2:John W. Davis
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:West Virginia
Running Mate2:Charles W. Bryan
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:110,184
Percentage2:27.53%
Image3:Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg
Nominee3:Robert M. La Follette
Color3:A2ED70
Party3:Progressive
Home State3:Wisconsin
Running Mate3:Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:42,416
Percentage3:10.60%
Map Size:250px
President
Before Election:Calvin Coolidge
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Calvin Coolidge
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, over the Democratic nominee, Ambassador John W. Davis of West Virginia. Coolidge ran with former Budget Director Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, while Davis ran with Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. Also in the running that year was the Progressive Party nominee, Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and his running mate Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. La Follette's support base was primarily among rural German and Scandinavian Americans,[1] and he possessed little appeal in the Northeast outside a few New York and Boston anti-Prohibition precincts.

Coolidge won Connecticut by a margin of 34.01%. His victory was also enjoyed a unique personal popularity which helped him in the state and the rest of New England. He was the epitome of a traditional New England Yankee, having been born in the small-town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, and establishing his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts. Thus Coolidge remained especially popular with voters across the New England region.

The 1920s were a fiercely Republican decade in American politics, and Connecticut in that era was a fiercely Republican state in presidential elections. The economic boom and social good feelings of the Roaring Twenties under popular Republican leadership virtually guaranteed Calvin Coolidge an easy win in the state against the conservative Southern Democrat John Davis,[2] who had little appeal in Northern states like Connecticut.

As of 2023, this was the last presidential election in which the Republican nominee carried the city of Hartford. This is the most recent election, as of 2023, where Connecticut voted to the right of New Hampshire.

Results

By county

1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [3]
CountyCoolidge %Coolidge #Davis %Davis #Others %Others #Total #
Fairfield66.2%58,04121.5%18,81512.3%10,78887,644
Hartford61.9%61,38128.4%28,1399.7%9,59199,111
Litchfield61.3%15,49926.3%6,64512.3%3,12025,264
Middlesex65.2%9,38327.9%4,0096.9%99414,386
New Haven57.4%69,16430.1%36,24712.5%15,085140,496
New London62.3%18,20529.5%8,6158.2%2,38129,201
Tolland62.3%5,16127.0%2,23910.7%8858,285
Windham59.6%9,48834.4%5,4755.9%94515,908

Results by town

TownJohn Calvin Coolidge
Republican
John William Davis
Democratic
Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.
Progressive
Frank Tetes Johns
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast[4]
%%%%%
Andover11659.79%7538.66%31.55%00.00%4121.13%194
Ansonia3,14954.58%2,03335.23%58610.16%20.03%1,11619.34%5,770
Ashford10247.22%8639.81%2812.96%00.00%167.41%216
Avon29366.14%11726.41%317.00%20.45%17639.73%443
Barkhamsted17175.66%5323.45%20.88%00.00%11852.21%226
Beacon Falls28464.55%11526.14%409.09%10.23%16938.41%440
Berlin84973.06%24521.08%675.77%10.09%60451.98%1,162
Bethany8969.53%3527.34%43.13%00.00%5442.19%128
Bethel93476.00%13510.98%16013.02%00.00%77462.98%1,229
Bethlehem15573.81%5425.71%10.48%00.00%10148.10%210
Bloomfield45163.17%21930.67%415.74%30.42%23232.49%714
Bolton10562.13%5431.95%105.92%00.00%5130.18%169
Bozrah17650.43%16246.42%102.87%10.29%144.01%349
Branford1,50266.87%53823.95%1868.28%200.89%96442.92%2,246
Bridgeport20,07162.50%6,21519.35%5,60717.46%2190.68%13,85643.15%32,112
Bridgewater12055.56%9443.52%20.93%00.00%2612.04%216
Bristol3,94568.04%1,33022.94%4918.47%320.55%2,61545.10%5,798
Brookfield29679.36%5715.28%205.36%00.00%23964.08%373
Brooklyn32755.71%24541.74%152.56%00.00%8213.97%587
Burlington17866.67%7126.59%186.74%00.00%10740.07%267
Canaan14578.38%3619.46%42.16%00.00%10958.92%185
Canterbury20169.55%7626.30%124.15%00.00%12543.25%289
Canton66474.86%19521.98%283.16%00.00%46952.87%887
Chaplin11080.29%2014.60%75.11%00.00%9065.69%137
Cheshire69778.76%14416.27%434.86%10.11%55362.49%885
Chester34472.27%10522.06%275.67%00.00%23950.21%476
Clinton37583.15%5011.09%265.76%00.00%32572.06%451
Colchester27055.44%16734.29%4910.06%10.21%10321.15%487
Colebrook13676.84%3620.34%52.82%00.00%10056.50%177
Columbia13663.55%7233.64%62.80%00.00%6429.91%214
Cornwall25368.56%11029.81%61.63%00.00%14338.75%369
Coventry38358.12%25939.30%172.58%00.00%12418.82%659
Cromwell60781.48%10413.96%344.56%00.00%50367.52%745
Danbury4,76062.22%1,44818.93%1,43018.69%120.16%3,31243.29%7,650
Darien1,13479.13%21815.21%795.51%20.14%91663.92%1,433
Derby1,19038.71%1,54150.13%33911.03%40.13%-351-11.42%3,074
Durham28673.52%9323.91%102.57%00.00%19349.61%389
East Granby19376.89%5321.12%51.99%00.00%14055.78%251
East Haddam41968.46%18530.23%81.31%00.00%23438.24%612
East Hampton65859.49%39835.99%484.34%20.18%26023.51%1,106
East Hartford1,96349.48%91623.09%1,06826.92%200.50%89522.56%3,967
East Haven1,06470.56%30420.16%1389.15%20.13%76050.40%1,508
East Lyme52168.82%20627.21%233.04%70.92%31541.61%757
East Windsor59267.12%20923.70%819.18%00.00%38343.42%882
Eastford13277.65%3520.59%31.76%00.00%9757.06%170
Easton20267.11%8829.24%113.65%00.00%11437.87%301
Ellington41466.24%13221.12%7512.00%40.64%28245.12%625
Enfield1,86555.64%1,33439.80%1524.53%10.03%53115.84%3,352
Essex75980.57%15716.67%252.65%10.11%60263.91%942
Fairfield2,02073.19%36213.12%37313.51%50.18%1,64759.67%2,760
Farmington90059.45%56036.99%533.50%10.07%34022.46%1,514
Franklin12993.48%64.35%32.17%00.00%12389.13%138
Glastonbury1,04561.87%60735.94%372.19%00.00%43825.93%1,689
Goshen14178.77%3720.67%10.56%00.00%10458.10%179
Granby35884.63%6415.13%10.24%00.00%29469.50%423
Greenwich4,24274.53%1,11219.54%3355.89%30.05%3,13054.99%5,692
Griswold52748.53%46442.73%948.66%10.09%635.80%1,086
Groton1,69775.59%43119.20%1175.21%00.00%1,26656.39%2,245
Guilford77270.31%22620.58%999.02%10.09%54649.73%1,098
Haddam45967.30%21130.94%121.76%00.00%24836.36%682
Hamden2,37476.04%48015.37%2548.14%140.45%1,89460.67%3,122
Hampton15975.00%5023.58%31.42%00.00%10951.42%212
Hartford22,53055.23%13,89734.07%4,14610.16%2220.54%8,63321.16%40,795
Hartland9879.67%2217.89%32.44%00.00%7661.79%123
Harwinton16171.24%4419.47%219.29%00.00%11751.77%226
Hebron16165.18%6827.53%187.29%00.00%9337.65%247
Kent22258.42%14838.95%102.63%00.00%7419.47%380
Killingly1,39363.69%69031.55%1024.66%20.09%70332.14%2,187
Killingworth10251.52%3819.19%5829.29%00.00%4422.22%198
Lebanon32888.17%277.26%174.57%00.00%30180.91%372
Ledyard22279.00%5318.86%62.14%00.00%16960.14%281
Lisbon16162.65%6625.68%3011.67%00.00%9536.96%257
Litchfield75062.76%38231.97%635.27%00.00%36830.79%1,195
Lyme17783.10%3114.55%52.35%00.00%14668.54%213
Madison72185.83%435.12%769.05%00.00%64576.79%840
Manchester3,92475.56%96818.64%2925.62%90.17%2,95656.92%5,193
Mansfield51074.34%14821.57%284.08%00.00%36252.77%686
Marlborough6246.27%6850.75%42.99%00.00%-6-4.48%134
Meriden8,23062.93%3,48326.63%1,31110.02%550.42%4,74736.29%13,079
Middlebury25182.84%4314.19%92.97%00.00%20868.65%303
Middlefield20784.84%3012.30%72.87%00.00%17772.54%244
Middletown3,26958.11%1,79331.87%5549.85%100.18%1,47626.24%5,626
Milford2,64975.95%59517.06%2326.65%120.34%2,05458.89%3,488
Monroe30476.96%7117.97%194.81%10.25%23358.99%395
Montville54369.97%20025.77%324.12%10.13%34344.20%776
Morris11957.21%8239.42%73.37%00.00%3717.79%208
Naugatuck2,13249.17%1,53635.42%63614.67%320.74%59613.75%4,336
New Britain9,09864.04%3,22422.69%1,80012.67%850.60%5,87441.35%14,207
New Canaan1,06675.07%29320.63%614.30%00.00%77354.44%1,420
New Fairfield15681.68%2915.18%63.14%00.00%12766.49%191
New Hartford40861.45%22634.04%304.52%00.00%18227.41%664
New Haven22,36654.43%12,08329.41%6,42015.63%2190.53%10,28325.03%41,088
New London3,91561.28%1,72527.00%74211.61%70.11%2,19034.28%6,389
New Milford1,16365.23%53530.01%854.77%00.00%62835.22%1,783
Newington59478.99%10213.56%537.05%30.40%49265.43%752
Newtown59952.27%46140.23%867.50%00.00%13812.04%1,146
Norfolk39658.15%27139.79%142.06%00.00%12518.36%681
North Branford21176.17%5218.77%145.05%00.00%15957.40%277
North Canaan52568.90%21528.22%222.89%00.00%31040.68%762
North Haven64486.68%466.19%537.13%00.00%59179.54%743
North Stonington25677.81%6720.36%61.82%00.00%18957.45%329
Norwalk5,60568.13%2,01924.54%5456.62%580.70%3,58643.59%8,227
Norwich5,00356.67%3,05134.56%7498.48%250.28%1,95222.11%8,828
Old Lyme29764.99%14932.60%112.41%00.00%14832.39%457
Old Saybrook28972.07%9122.69%215.24%00.00%19849.38%401
Orange37089.59%235.57%204.84%00.00%34784.02%413
Oxford21068.63%8427.45%123.92%00.00%12641.18%306
Plainfield1,06350.96%77437.10%24911.94%00.00%28913.85%2,086
Plainville97775.44%23818.38%775.95%30.23%73957.07%1,295
Plymouth80464.11%28122.41%16613.24%30.24%52341.71%1,254
Pomfret38068.35%17130.76%00.00%50.90%20937.59%556
Portland85456.67%56337.36%895.91%10.07%29119.31%1,507
Preston28277.26%8021.92%30.82%00.00%20255.34%365
Prospect12480.00%1912.26%127.74%00.00%10567.74%155
Putnam1,42162.00%68629.93%1817.90%40.17%73532.07%2,292
Redding42766.93%18128.37%294.55%10.17%24638.56%638
Ridgefield76278.64%18118.68%252.58%10.10%58159.96%969
Rocky Hill39074.00%11622.01%203.80%10.19%27451.99%527
Roxbury14660.83%8334.58%104.17%10.42%6326.25%240
Salem9282.14%119.82%98.04%00.00%8172.32%112
Salisbury69571.87%25526.37%171.76%00.00%44045.50%967
Saybrook52372.34%16522.82%344.70%10.14%35849.52%723
Scotland12483.78%1610.81%85.41%00.00%10872.97%148
Seymour1,31273.46%36720.55%1065.94%10.06%94552.91%1,786
Sharon39379.72%9519.27%51.01%00.00%29860.45%493
Shelton1,92165.25%62221.13%39313.35%80.27%1,29944.12%2,944
Sherman12979.63%3018.52%31.85%00.00%9961.11%162
Simsbury59768.15%26630.37%131.48%00.00%33137.79%876
Somers32467.08%14028.99%183.73%10.21%18438.10%483
South Windsor34767.38%14027.18%275.24%10.19%20740.19%515
Southbury31069.66%12227.42%132.92%00.00%18842.25%445
Southington1,62567.09%59324.48%2038.38%10.04%1,03242.61%2,422
Sprague36548.99%31241.88%689.13%00.00%537.11%745
Stafford89960.58%47131.74%1067.14%80.54%42828.84%1,484
Stamford7,96662.22%4,19232.74%6194.83%260.20%3,77429.48%12,803
Sterling29363.15%16134.70%102.16%00.00%13228.45%464
Stonington2,34262.91%1,10029.55%2757.39%60.16%1,24233.36%3,723
Stratford2,83579.19%3158.80%42311.82%70.20%2,41267.37%3,580
Suffield89476.41%24520.94%312.65%00.00%64955.47%1,170
Thomaston84567.60%35128.08%544.32%00.00%49439.52%1,250
Thompson64356.85%44839.61%403.54%00.00%19517.24%1,131
Tolland13848.94%12745.04%176.03%00.00%113.90%282
Torrington3,58246.14%1,77622.87%2,38730.74%190.24%1,19515.39%7,764
Trumbull62177.05%9511.79%8710.79%30.37%52665.26%806
Union6775.28%2123.60%11.12%00.00%4651.69%89
Vernon1,59356.85%63922.81%55319.74%170.61%95434.05%2,802
Voluntown11556.37%8742.65%20.98%00.00%2813.73%204
Wallingford2,41760.44%1,16029.01%3929.80%300.75%1,25731.43%3,999
Warren9369.40%3022.39%118.21%00.00%6347.01%134
Washington51469.46%20327.43%233.11%00.00%31142.03%740
Waterbury11,45848.80%9,93042.29%2,0288.64%640.27%1,5286.51%23,480
Waterford78772.33%22020.22%807.35%10.09%56752.11%1,088
Watertown1,16075.28%31920.70%624.02%00.00%84154.57%1,541
West Hartford4,07777.27%96518.29%2274.30%70.13%3,11258.98%5,276
West Haven4,14560.21%1,15816.82%1,54622.46%350.51%2,59937.75%6,884
Westbrook23281.69%269.15%207.04%62.11%20672.54%284
Weston17659.86%9732.99%217.14%00.00%7926.87%294
Westport1,31671.41%45124.47%744.02%20.11%86546.93%1,843
Wethersfield1,23875.90%32720.05%664.05%00.00%91155.86%1,631
Willington31589.74%339.40%20.57%10.28%28280.34%351
Wilton49973.82%14321.15%345.03%00.00%35652.66%676
Winchester1,94668.62%81328.67%752.64%20.07%1,13339.95%2,836
Windham2,63654.29%1,94840.12%2705.56%10.02%68814.17%4,855
Windsor1,17268.50%46727.29%724.21%00.00%70541.20%1,711
Windsor Locks46240.70%58151.19%928.11%00.00%-119-10.48%1,135
Wolcott19575.58%5220.16%114.26%00.00%14355.43%258
Woodbridge29886.38%3510.14%113.19%10.29%26376.23%345
Woodbury45678.08%11619.86%122.05%00.00%34058.22%584
Woodstock50487.20%6911.94%50.87%00.00%43575.26%578
Totals246,32261.54%110,18427.53%42,41610.60%1,3730.34%134,78333.67%400,295

See also

Notes and References

  1. Stark . Rodney . Christiano . Kevin J. . Support for the American Left, 1920-1924: The Opiate Thesis Reconsidered . Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion . 1992 . 31 . 1 . 62–75 . 10.2307/1386832 . 26 September 2023 . 0021-8294.
  2. Roseboom, Eugene Holloway and Eckes, Alfred E.; A History of Presidential Elections, from George Washington to Jimmy Carter; pp. 151-158
  3. Web site: 1924 Statement of Vote . CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website . 8 January 2023 . 13–14.
  4. State of Connecticut; ‘Public Document No. 26 Statement of Vote General Election November 4, 1924’; Connecticut Secretary of the State Election Services Division